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A Perth Airport spokesman said the wild weather, brought about by a once-in-a-year triple storm front, had damaged the power lines supplying the airport.

“Pole repair is expected to take between six and eight hours, after which the airport and other affected customers will be returned to the main network. “Western Power is currently working with Perth Airport in response to a storm-related outage which is currently affecting power supply to several thousand customers in the eastern foothills,” it said. In a statement, Western Power said the damaged power pole would take six to eight hours to repair.

"Passengers should expect delays or cancellations." The outage on Tuesday is linked to storm damage causing a blackout for several thousand people in Perth's ...

Western Power is working with Perth Airport to repair the power lines, and services will be impacted temporarily as the work continues, the spokesperson said. "The severe weather experienced over the past 24 hours has caused damage to power lines supplying Perth Airport," the spokesperson said in a statement. Planes already in the air expected to arrive in Perth will be welcomed to the airport as normal, the statement said.

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We need to understand why that happened." "We face a busy start this morning as we work with our airline partners to clear the backlog of delayed flights and we again thank passengers for their patience," he said. Mr Brown apologised to passengers for the inconvenience caused by the outage as the airport dealt with a "unique and challenging weather event".

Perth Airport was plunged into darkness on Tuesday afternoon after a once-in-a-year storm damaged a high-voltage transmission pole.

Safety and security remain our highest priorities.— Perth Airport (@PerthAirport) August 2, 2022 The outage will cause delays to air services. New to Flash? Try 1 month free. Stream more global news with Flash. 25+ news channels in 1 place. Passengers at Perth Airport are reportedly being told to "go home" after wild storms caused a mass power outage with flights cancelled and delayed. Perth airport plunged into darkness after wild storms, flights cancelled, passengers told to go home

A wild storm caused Perth Airport to go dark for several hours on Tuesday, delaying and canceling scores of flights.

"The airport told its passengers to go home and declared all flights were canceled due to power outages "out of their control," says Perth-based news outlet Perth Now. With Perth Airport closed, Perth-bound flights already in the air or at other airports preparing to depart faced problems. "Perth Airport is now able to process some passengers through the outbound security processes. "All inbound flights currently in the air will be able to arrive safely. "The safety of everyone who works in or is traveling through our airport remains our highest priority. "Delays and cancellations were experienced across the airline networks," says a Perth Airport spokesperson.

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Car park shelters were packed, as people waited to be picked up by transport services. Passengers were warned some airlines could still decide to cancel and reschedule flights. “Our network operations team is working to isolate damaged parts of the network and back feed where possible to restore power where it is safe to do so.” “Our priority during the storm is responding to reported hazards to ensure the safety of the community and our crews. Passengers were told to leave as soon as their bags were collected and Perth visitors were told to find their own accommodation. “We ask passengers for their continued patience as our team and our airline partners work to get flights underway,” the airport said. “Perth Airport has made the decision to delay all outbound services currently scheduled to depart before 7.30pm,” the statement said. A team in Sydney is currently working to “uncheck” passengers so flights can be rebooked. Perth Airport said the decision to cancel flights earlier in the evening was made based on the advice of Western Power. “The safety of everyone who works in or is travelling through our airport remains our highest priority,” the airport said. “We apologise to our passengers and customers for any inconvenience.” “We apologise for the inconvenience the power outage caused to passengers and we thank them for their patience and understanding that we were dealing with a unique and challenging weather event,” he said.

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We need to understand why that happened." "We face a busy start this morning as we work with our airline partners to clear the backlog of delayed flights and we again thank passengers for their patience," he said. Mr Brown apologised to passengers for the inconvenience caused by the outage as the airport dealt with a "unique and challenging weather event".

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“On the whole, a lot of flights have operated as normal this morning. “The key bit of advice is just to check in with the respective airline just to check when flights are being rescheduled and the timing.” He also confirmed a number of flights took off through the day and the network was back to normal later on in the evening.

Perth Airport said its 'critical services' were back online and departing flights were set to return, only a short time after it sent passengers home, ...

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In a statement, the Turkish Islamic Association of WA said the property was insured but the damages bill was expected to be in the hundreds of thousands of dollars. A Western Power spokesperson said about 13,200 homes and businesses were still without power on Wednesday afternoon – 11,000 in the metro area and 2,200 in regional areas in the South-West of the state. "The federal police that were there were really helpful in saying 'get this woman on the plane, she's got to go to her mum, she's got a boarding pass, she's got no luggage,' but they wouldn't let me on because of the internet not working." "I know that this caused a lot of inconvenience to people and that's why I want to make sure that we don't see a repeat of this in the future." "There's some ongoing disruptions that come from that naturally, just with the complexity of all the flights that had to be rescheduled," he said. Mr Brown apologised to passengers for the inconvenience, with the airport asking passengers for their "continued patience" as it worked to get flights back underway.